Other Constabulary Contacts

Family disclosure

We have a procedure in place to enable timely access to relevant information which may be held by the police for the purposes of Family Proceedings.

The Legal Services Department deals with all requests for relevant information which may be held by Gloucestershire Constabulary and required for public and private law family proceedings. It is the single point of contact for Gloucestershire Constabulary for the purpose of the national 2013 Protocol and Good Practice Modeland the local protocol that has been agreed by the relevant parties in Gloucestershire.

The key principle of the Protocol and Good Practice Model and the procedure adopted by the Department in relation to all requests is the promotion of co-operation with a view to minimising delays within family proceedings.

To help achieve this aim the Department looks to all who require access to police information to adhere to the principles of the national and local protocols.

Any requests should be made in the form of Annex D to the local protocol and sent to: